Word: runner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...preliminary practice, which lasted only 25 minutes, was devoted mostly to signal work, three elevens being formed from the whole squad. At first the linemen had practice tackling a runner in the open field, while Foster gave the backs a chance to get practice in running down the field under punts. Later the two squads changed places. Lincoln, who injured himself slightly in Tuesday's practice, will not be able to play for some time...
...committee declared that the rule preventing hurdling is intended to apply only to the man carrying the ball, and was passed to prevent a dangerous play. It is intended to allow hurdling in the line, stepping over a prostrate player, even though both feet of the runner be momentarily off the ground at the same time...
...eleven was allowed to keep game, the second eleven was allowed to keep possession of the ball, and never succeeded in gaining 10 yards in three downs. In this part of the game Osborne showed up particularly well, often breaking through the second eleven's line and stopping the runner almost before he could get started. Burr's punting was excellent, but the passes were extremely poor, a circumstance, which on one occasion nearly gave the second team a touchdown. Foster, Lockwood and Wendell each made some very long runs, Foster running 45 yards for a touchdown on a forward...
...good fooling in it, for instance the thoroughly deserved burlesquing in "The Adventures of the Harvard Man" of some recent pictures of him in fiction. Decidedly amusing, too, are the lines "B. C. or A. D." It is a pity that the only other piece of verse, "The Indian Runner," which is admirable in its first stanza, falls off so badly in its second. It is almost prose at the end. There are cleverness and observation in all the fiction, but throughout all of it is a certain sketchiness which suggests that the stories are in spirit...
...numerous, the Amherst team being set back twice for holding, twice for illegal forward passes and once for offside play, and the University team once for offside play and once for interference with a fair catch. An excellent feature of the game was the fine interference given the Harvard runners by the rest of the team. In the line Kersburg, Burr and Osborne played the best game, the first two tearing big holes in the opposing line and then pulling the runner along. Parker played a fairly good game at center. The ends were not quite as strong as they...